An Army soldier was killed in a sniper attack by Pakistani troops who targeted forward posts in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, in a violation of the ceasefire between the two countries on Wednesday night.

One of the policemen injured in the terror attack on a police station in Punjab's Gurdaspur early this morning said gunfire erupted at around 5.45 am. Eight including five policemen have been killed in the attack.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today joined the debate over capitat punishment to Yakub Memon saying the critical question was whether the Mumbai blast convict returned to India on the back of an understanding.

Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh today paid tributes to the martyrs of Kargil war, and said that the sacrifices made and the valour exhibited by the soldiers would be remembered forever.

The Congress state unit today said that it would intensify the ongoing agitation against the BJP-PDP coalition government for its failure to get an 'appropriate order' for setting up of AIIMS in Jammu.

Three people, two of them children, have been killed and nine others are injured in flash floods triggered by a cloudburst late last evening washed away several tents near the Amarnath base camp at Baltal in Jammu and Kashmir.

Congress MP Amarinder Singh today hit out at PM Narendra Modi asking if his government can provide Rs 1 lakh crore special package to Jammu and Kashmir, what prevented it from sparing Rs 9,100 crore for OROP for the ex-servicemen.

Curfew in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri town remained in force for the second successive day on Wednesday without any relaxation even as authorities said no untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the town.